Pied-billed grebe

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pied-billed grebe
    n 1: American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill [syn:
         {pied-billed grebe}, {Podilymbus podiceps}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pied \Pied\, a. [From {Pie} the party-colored bird.]
   Variegated with spots of different colors; party-colored;
   spotted; piebald. "Pied coats." --Burton. "Meadows trim with
   daisies pied." --Milton.
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   {Pied antelope} (Zool.), the bontebok.

   {Pied-billed grebe} (Zool.), the dabchick.

   {Pied blackbird} (Zool.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus
      {Turdulus}.

   {Pied finch} (Zool.)
   (a) The chaffinch.
   (b) The snow bunting. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Pied flycatcher} (Zool.), a common European flycatcher
      ({Ficedula atricapilla}). The male is black and white.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dabchick \Dab"chick`\ (d[a^]b"ch[i^]k`), n. [For dabchick. See
   {Dap}, {Dip}, cf. {Dipchick}.] (Zool.)
   A small water bird ({Podilymbus podiceps}), allied to the
   grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called
   also {dapchick}, {dobchick}, {dipchick}, {didapper},
   {dobber}, {devil-diver}, {hell-diver}, and {pied-billed
   grebe}.
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